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SB1205 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1205
motor vehicle booting; fees; regulation
Purpose
Prohibits a city or town from adopting any law, ordinance or other
regulation that prohibits booting a motor vehicle located on private property.
Prescribes motor vehicle booting regulations, including capped rates, notice by
private property owners and motor vehicle release procedures.
Background
The governing body of an incorporated city or town may regulate the
maximum rate and charge for towing, transporting or impounding a motor vehicle
from private property without the permission of the owner or operator of the
vehicle by any private towing carriers doing business within its boundaries. A
private towing carrier is subject to the maximum rate and charge regulation
prescribed by the city or town for all such towing, transporting or impounding
services if the vehicle being towed or transported is towed from private
property located within the boundaries of the city or town.
The owner or agent of the owner of the private property must be deemed to
have given consent to unrestricted parking by the general public in any parking
area of the private property unless such parking area is posted with signs as
prescribed by statute which are clearly visible and readable from any point
within the parking area and at each entrance. Such signs must contain, at a
minimum, the following: 1) restrictions on parking; 2) the disposition of
vehicles found in violation of the parking restrictions; 3) the maximum cost to
the violator, including storage fees and any other charges that could result
from the disposition of a vehicle parked in violation of parking restrictions;
and 4) a telephone number and address where the violator can locate the
violator's vehicle.
It is unlawful for a private towing carrier to tow or transport a motor
vehicle from private property without the permission of the owner or operator
of the motor vehicle unless such private towing carrier receives a request from
a law enforcement agency or the express written permission from the owner or
the owner's agent of the property that has complied with the statutory requirements.
The owner or the owner's agent must either sign each towing order or authorize
the tow by a written contract which is valid for a specific length of time. The
private towing carrier may not act as the agent of the owner.
A person who commits the unlawful act is guilty of a class 2
misdemeanor (
A.R.S.
� 9-499.05
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Prohibits a city or town from adopting any law, ordinance or other
regulation that prohibits booting a motor vehicle that is located on private
property without the permission of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.
2.
Allows a city or town to adopt a law, ordinance or other regulation that
regulates the rates that a motor vehicle booting service may charge that are
consistent with statute.
3.
Allows a city or town to adopt signage requirements and booted motor
vehicle release practices that are consistent with statute if the motor vehicle
that is subject to booting is located on private property within the boundaries
of the city or town.
4.
Deems the owner or owner's agent of the private property as having given
consent to unrestricted parking by the general public in any parking area of
the private property unless the parking area is posted with signs in accordance
with statute that are clearly visible and readable from any point within the
parking area and at each entrance.
5.
Requires
the sign to contain, at a minimum, the following:
a)
restrictions on parking;
b)
the disposition of motor vehicles found in violation of the parking
restrictions;
c)
the maximum cost to the owner or operator of the motor vehicle for
removal of the booting service; and
d)
a
telephone number and address for the vehicle booting service for assistance
with boot removal.
6.
Allows
a motor vehicle booting service to boot a motor vehicle on private property if
the motor vehicle booting service:
a)
receives a request from a law enforcement agency or has obtained the
written permission from the owner or the owner's agent of the private property
that complies with statute; and
b)
does
not act as the owner's agent of the private property except to the extent
requirement to collect unpaid parking fees.
7.
Requires a motor vehicle booting service to release a booted motor
vehicle within 30 minutes after receiving a request for the motor vehicle's
release.
8.
Requires a motor vehicle booting service to have the ability to release
a booted motor vehicle 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
9.
Requires all charges for the booting of the motor vehicle and all unpaid
parking fees to be paid before the release of the booted motor vehicle.
10.
Requires
a motor vehicle booting service or a parking management company to provide a
motor vehicle owner with a dispute process for a motor vehicle booting dispute.
11.
Requires
a filed dispute to be decided by an officer of an authorized agent of the motor
vehicle booting service or the parking management company.
12.
Requires
the motor vehicle booting service or the parking area management company to
provide notice of the decision of the dispute to the motor vehicle owner within
60 days after the dispute is filed.
13.
Allows
a motor vehicle booting service to charge at least $90 but no more than $150
for booting a motor vehicle.
14.
Requires
the statutory motor vehicle booting fees to automatically be adjusted every
three years based on the consumer price index as published by the U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
15.
Prohibits
a motor vehicle booting service from charging an additional fee for the use of
a credit card to pay booting fees and unpaid parking fees.
16.
Requires
the motor vehicle booting service to reduce the motor vehicle booting fee by 50
percent if it releases a vehicle after 30 minutes but before 60 minutes of
receiving a request to release.
17.
Prohibits
the motor vehicle booting service from charging a fee for the release of a
motor vehicle if it releases the booted vehicle after 60 minutes of receiving a
request to release.
18.
Allows
a motor vehicle booting service to charge only one fee for booting a
combination of motor vehicles.
19.
Allows
a motor vehicle booting service to charge an additional fee for booting a
trailer or other vehicle that is separated from the motor vehicle that is a trailer's
or other vehicle's method of transportation.
20.
States
that a motor vehicle that has been booted with a booting device that can be
removed by the owner or operator of the motor vehicle on the payment of fees
and unpaid parking fees will be deemed released to the owner or operator once
the owner or operator has been provided the ability to remove the booting
device.
21.
Allows the motor vehicle's
owner or operator to be subject to additional fees of no more than $250 if the
owner or operator of the motor vehicle:
a)
intentionally damages a booting device; or
b)
does
not return a booting device to the motor vehicle booting service or to a
clearly designated area on-site at the motor vehicle booting service storage
area.
22.
Prohibits a motor vehicle
booting service from booting any of the following:
a)
a motor vehicle that is displaying a tax-exempt license plate;
b)
a marked emergency motor vehicle;
c)
a motor vehicle with an occupant; or
d)
a
motor vehicle that remains parked for less than 15 minutes after the paid
parking period that is applicable to that motor vehicle expires.
23.
Requires
a motor vehicle booting service to maintain a time-stamp method of recording
calls that request the release of a booted motor vehicle.
24.
Requires
the motor vehicle booting service to maintain the call record for a minimum of
90 days.
25.
Requires
the motor vehicle booting service to make available to the city or town at no
charge the recording of a call within five days after receiving a request from
the city or town.
26.
Classifies
a violation of the motor vehicle booting service requirements as a class 2
misdemeanor.
27.
Applies
the motor vehicle booting regulations only to services performed while a person
is engaged in the activities of a motor vehicle booting service.
28.
States
that the motor vehicle booting regulations do not apply to abandoned or junk
vehicles that are disposed in accordance with statute.
29.
Defines
boot
or
booting
as immobilizing a motor vehicle by the use of a
mechanical device that is attached to the tire or wheel or other part of the
motor vehicle.
30.
Defines
motor vehicle booting service
as any person that commercially offers
boot or booting services of a motor vehicle that is located on private property
without the permission of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.
31.
Defines
parking area
as
any part of private property that is regularly used, intended for use or
clearly marked for motor vehicle parking for a fee, including:
a)
surface area parking;
b)
parking garages;
c)
parking structures; and
d)
designated commercial parking zones.
32.
Becomes effective on the
general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by
Committee
�
Makes technical changes.
Amendments
Adopted by Committee of the Whole
1.
Requires a motor vehicle booting service or a parking management company
to provide a motor vehicle owner with a dispute process for a motor vehicle
booting dispute.
2.
Requires a filed dispute to be decided by an officer of an authorized
agent of the motor vehicle booting service or the parking management company.
3.
Requires the motor vehicle booting service or the parking area
management company to provide notice of the decision of the dispute to the
motor vehicle owner within 60 days after the dispute is filed.
4.
Defines
parking area
as any part of private property that is
regularly used, intended for use or clearly marked for motor vehicle parking
for a fee, including:
a)
surface area parking;
b)
parking garages;
c)
parking structures; and
d)
designated commercial parking zones.
5.
Makes conforming changes.
Senate Action
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Chapter 0156 - 572R - S Ver of SB1205
Senate Engrossed
motor vehicle
booting; fees; regulation
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 156
SENATE BILL 1205
AN
ACT
amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8,
arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to
municipal regulations.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.54, to read:
START_STATUTE
9-500.54.
Motor vehicle booting; regulation; notice; restrictions; fees;
violation; classification; definitions
A. a city or town may not adopt any
law, ordinance or other regulation that prohibits booting a motor vehicle that
is located on private property without the permission of the owner or operator
of the motor vehicle.
B. a city or town may adopt a law,
ordinance or other regulation that regulates the rates that a motor vehicle
booting service may charge that are consistent with subsection
G of this section. The city or town may adopt signage
requirements and booted motor vehicle release practices that are consistent
with subsections C and E of this section if the motor vehicle that is subject
to booting is located on private property within the boundaries of the city or
town.
C. The owner or agent of the owner of
the private property is deemed to have given consent to unrestricted parking by
the general public in any parking area of the private property unless the
parking area is posted with signs as prescribed by this subsection that are
clearly visible and readable from any point within the parking area and at each
entrance. the sign must contain, at a minimum, the following:
1. Restrictions on parking.
2. Disposition of motor vehicles
found in violation of the parking restrictions.
3. the Maximum cost to the owner or
operator of the motor vehicle for removal of the booting device.
4. a Telephone number and address for
the vehicle booting service for ASSISTANCE with boot removal.
D. A motor vehicle booting service
may boot a motor vehicle on private property if both of the following apply:
1. The motor vehicle booting service
receives a request from a law enforcement agency or has obtained the written
permission from the owner or the agent of the owner of the private property
that complies with subsection C of this section.
2. The motor vehicle booting service
does not act as the agent of the owner Of the private property except to the
extent required to collect unpaid parking fees.
E. A motor vehicle booting service
shall release a booted motor vehicle within thirty minutes after receiving a
request for the motor vehicle's release. A motor vehicle booting
service shall have the ability to release a booted motor vehicle twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week. All charges for the booting of the
motor VEHICLE and all unpaid parking fees must be paid before the release of
the booted motor vehicle.
F. A motor VEHICLE booting service or
a parking area management company shall provide a motor vehicle owner with a
dispute process for a motor vehicle booting dispute. If the owner of
a booted motor vehicle files a dispute regarding the booting of the motor
vehicle, the dispute shall be decided by an officer of an authorized agent of
the motor vehicle booting service or of the parking area management
company. The motor vehicle booting service or the parking area
management company shall provide notice of the decision of the dispute to the
motor vehicle owner within sixty days after the motor vehicle booting dispute
is filed.
G. A motor vehicle booting service
may charge at least $90 but not more than $150 for booting a motor
vehicle. The statutory motor vehicle booting service fees for
booting a motor vehicle must automatically be adjusted every three years based
on the consumer price index as published by the united states department of
labor, bureau of labor statistics. A motor vehicle booting SERVICE
may not charge an additional fee for the use of a credit card to pay booting
fees and unpaid parking fees. If a motor vehicle booting service
releases a booted motor vehicle after thirty minutes but before sixty minutes
of receiving a request to release the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle booting
service shall reduce the motor vehicle booting fee by fifty percent. If
a motor vehicle booting service releases a booted vehicle after sixty minutes
of receiving a request to release the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle booting
service may not charge a fee for the release of the motor vehicle. A
motor vehicle booting service may charge only one fee for booting a combination
of motor vehicles. A motor vehicle booting service may charge an
additional fee for booting a trailer or other vehicle that is separated from
the motor vehicle that is the trailer's or other vehicle's method of
transportation.� A motor vehicle that has been booted with a booting device
that can be removed by the owner or operator of the motor vehicle on the
payment of booting fees and unpaid parking fees will be deemed released to the
motor vehicle's owner or operator once the motor vehicle's owner or operator
has been provided the ability to remove the booting device.
H. If the owner or operator of a
motor vehicle intentionally damages a booting device or does not return a
booting device to the motor vehicle booting service or to a clearly designated
area on-site at the motor vehicle booting service storage area, the motor
vehicle's owner or operator may be subject to an additional fee of not more
than $250.
I. A motor vehicle booting service
may not boot any of the following:
1. A motor vehicle that is displaying
a tax-exempt license plate.
2. A marked emergency motor vehicle.
3. A motor vehicle with an occupant.
4. A motor vehicle that remains
parked for less than fifteen minutes after the paid parking period that is
applicable to that motor VEHICLE expires.
J. A motor vehicle booting service
shall maintain a time-stamp method of recording calls that request the
release of a booted motor vehicle. the motor vehicle booting service
shall maintain The call records for a minimum of ninety days. The
motor vehicle booting service shall make available to the city or town at no
charge the recording of a call within five days after receiving a request from
the city or town.
K. A person that violates subsection
D, e, G
,
H or
I of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. This section applies only to
services performed while a person is engaged in the activities of a motor
vehicle booting service.
M. this section does not apply to
abandoned or junk vehicles disposed of pursuant to title 28, chapter 11.
N. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Boot" or
"Booting" means to immobilize a motor vehicle by the use of a
mechanical device that is attached to the tire or wheel or other part of the
motor vehicle.
2. "motor vehicle booting
Service" means any person that commercially offers boot or booting
services of a motor vehicle that is located on private property without the
permission of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.
3. "Parking area":
(
a
) means any
part of private property that is regularly used or intended for use or clearly
MARKED for motor vehicle parking for a fee.
(
b
) Includes:
(
i
) Surface
area parking lots.
(
ii
) Parking
garages.
(
iii
) Parking
structures.
(
iv
) Designated
commercial parking zones.
END_STATUTE
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 19, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.